The Business Plan
Hi-Tech Power Systems

2/18/2015
Group C2 Anubandh
Leela Mohit Chivukula
Moumita Dutta
Sanjit Kumar Moharana
Sai Alekya Reddy Edara

OBJECTIVE: “To serve the segment of lighting and signaling in the Indian Railways and all public sector undertaking firms using indigenous technology.”
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
BACKGROUND
Indian Railways is India’s largest state owned enterprise. It serves more than more than 23 million passengers daily (roughly half of which were suburban passengers) and 1050.18 million tons of freight in the year. Indian Railways is the world's seventh largest commercial or utility employer, by number of employees, with over 1.307 million employees. As for rolling stock, IR holds over 239,281 Freight Wagons, 62,924 Passenger Coaches and 9,013 Locomotives (43 steam, 5,345 diesel and 4,568 electric locomotives). The trains have a 5 digit numbering system and runs 12,617 passenger trains and 7421 freight trains daily.
SIGNALLING
Railway signalling is a system used to safely direct railway traffic in order to prevent trains from colliding. Trains move on fixed rails so they are uniquely susceptible to collision; the weight of trains and momentum makes it difficult to stop before reaching the impending obstacle.
Most forms of train control involve movement authority being passed from those responsible for each section of a rail network (e.g., a signalman or stationmaster) to the train crew. Not all these methods require the use of physical signals and some systems are specific to single track railways.
The simplest form of operation, at least in terms of equipment, is to run the system according to a timetable. A fixed schedule is drawn up with which every train crew must be familiar. Trains may only run on each section of track at their scheduled time, during which they have 'possession' and no other train is